Tuesday, January 31, 2012

I am so excited to start the 14 days of Valentines for my hubby tomorrow! I already have his 1st gift laying out on the countertop! I can't wait to see his reaction (actually- I will probably still be asleep since he has to go to school at the crack of dawn most days, but it will be fun to hear his reaction:)

You want to know the day that I am most excited to give him?? The nerf gun! ha ha I was seriously debating giving it to him tomorrow, but I figured I better start small and let it build so he isn't expecting something that cool each day (you just have to know my husband- he is a kid at heart when it comes to toys!) so I was thinking about starting out with the Pop Rocks... but got a comment from someone saying they were starting off on Day #1 with the Love Potion and that is totally the perfect gift for the 1st day! I will put him under my spell- with my love potion;)(Thanks for the idea Chelsey @ Courteous Curtis and the Parents!)

I am going to be over at Skip to my Lou first thing in the morning to share another Valentine gift idea and free printable- incase any of you didn't want to do the full 14 Days of Valentines, or if you wanted another idea to swap out with one of the days (because let's face it- it is kinda hard to tell someone that you love them more than chocolate- ha ha just kidding!;)

So head over there first thing in the morning because these printables will only be available at Skip to My Lou until I put them up on my own blog...

Saturday, January 28, 2012

With so many felt flower wreaths floating around pinterest and blogland, I figured it was time that I joined in on the felt flower wreath craze!

There is just something therapeutic about cutting and working with felt! I love the texture!

To make my wreath, I started with a grapevine wreath from Joann's for a few bucks, a sparkly heart garland from Homegoods for $3.99 (score!), some valentine ribbon from Joann's for $1, some buttons and pearl beads, and some felt that I had leftover from another project. All in all I think my wreath probably cost just over $10! Not to shabby! ;)

Congratulations Ladies!! You are all so talented and deserved to be in the top 3!! I have been so impressed by your sewing skills and you have each inspired me to step up my game;)

Thanks again to the awesome judges that picked the top 12:

Last but not least, I want to thank all of our AWESOME sponsors!! Each of them has been so generous! Make sure you check all of them out and show them some love!!

P.S.

For those of you that have followed along with this competition and think that you have what it takes to win something like this- you are in luck! One of my best friends (in blogland and real life) is starting her sewing competition soon!

It will be similar to So You Think You Can Sew, but it definitely has some different twists!

She is accepting entries February 1st so head over and check out the details and start picking a project to enter... Umm... Did I mention that she has over $700 worth of prizes lined up?? Ya! Holy Awesome!!